Breathwork - Nervous System Reset

This breathing practice will balance your nervous system between the parasympathetic (rest, digest, relax) state and the sympathetic (ready, set, go) state. Use anytime throughout the day to bring your nervous system into a balanced, managed state.

Great before giving a presentation, before attending an important meeting, or for anyone who wants an aligned state of well-being.

Transcript

Welcome to this nervous system reset breathing practice.

This is Renee with Aum Sacred.

Breathing is one of the fastest ways we can affect our body which makes breath work a very effective tool in managing our stress and regulating our nervous system.

As with any physical practice,

Please check with your doctor to make sure that breath work is safe for you.

Today we are going to be doing a very gentle breath work practice called balanced breathing.

Not only because of the breath count but also because of its impact to the nervous system.

This practice will balance your nervous system state between the parasympathetic rest,

Digest,

Relax state and the sympathetic ready set go state.

So you won't be too high amped up or too low blissed out during your day.

This practice can be used anytime throughout the day.

We'll do ten rounds of breath.

Inhaling for a count of four and exhaling for a count of four.

Go ahead and find a comfortable seated position.

If you're in a chair go ahead and back away from the chair support and plant your feet flat on the ground.

Wherever you are seated,

Sit up tall through the spine,

Relax the shoulders,

Have the chin parallel to the ground and we'll begin this breathing exercise in three,

Two,

One.

Inhale one,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Exhale four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Inhale one,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Exhale four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Inhale one,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Exhale four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Inhale one,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Exhale four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Inhale one,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Exhale four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Inhale one,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Exhale four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Inhale one,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Exhale four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Inhale one,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Exhale four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Two more rounds.

Inhale one,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Exhale four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Last round.

Inhale one,

Two,

Three,

Four.

Exhale four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Relax the breath.

Relax the body.

Balanced breathing.

Thank you for practicing with me today.

Reviews

This was awesome. I was feeling negative after work today and needed to reset. Focusing on an even breath like this gave my body a chance to reset from all the thoughts in my mind earlier today. Thank you. 🙏